Rhetorical Devices

Identify the device used in the following: An old, beat up, black truck was creeping its way along the road.

Identify the device used in the following: There must be tolerance in any workplace; tolerance that allows each person to accept others; tolerance that allows us to be ourselves.

Identify the device is used in the following: The teacher descended upon the exams, sank her talons into their pages, ripped the answers to shreds and then, perching in her chair, began to digest.

Identify the device is used in the following: It isn’t very serious. My house burned down, I lost my job, and my ankle has been sprained.

Identify the device is used in the following: “What a beautiful day,” he said as he opened his umbrella.

Identify the device is used in the following: Pinocchio loved her as any real boy would.